Tuesday's Mets vs. Rockies game snowed out in Colorado
Tuesday's Mets-Rockies game at Coors Field in Denver has been postponed because of snow. Credit: Getty Images/Doug Pensinger
DENVER — While the Mets have been no strangers to hard times, “unusual acts of nature” hadn’t really been on the list of recent misfortunes. Up until this series against the Rockies, that is.
The team experienced an hour-long delay getting into Denver because of a ground stop Sunday, had their game moved up to 3:40 local time Monday because of inclement weather, and were completely washed and snowed out Tuesday in advance of what could be one of the largest May snowfalls in the city’s history, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesday, originally scheduled to be a day game, was moved to 9:20 p.m. ET, while Thursday's game was moved to 3:10 ET.
Thursday was originally scheduled to be an off-day ahead of the Mets’ three-game set against the Diamondbacks in Arizona in this, their longest road series of the year.
This would be the first significant May snowfall to hit the area since 2022 — when the Mets were also in town. That game was also postponed in lieu of a doubleheader the next day.
The National Weather Service instituted a Winter Storm Warning beginning Tuesday at 8 p.m., effective until 3 p.m. Wednesday, with expected snow accumulations of five to eight inches, and up to 12 inches next to the foothills. The notice warned that “heavy snow accumulating on trees may result in broken tree limbs, downed powerlines, and scattered power outages.”
It’s likely the Mets will keep their pitchers in line, meaning Freddy Peralta will go Wednesday, with Christian Scott taking the mound Thursday. Scott is looking to build off an excellent second start, and the Mets are trying to build momentum, too, thanks to a recent strong stretch in which they've won three of their last four games.
“We’ve got to continue to win series, but it’s good to see the guys just playing relaxed — playing their game, playing baseball,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “They’re not trying to do too much, not panicking. (Monday) we had nothing going on offensively for the first five innings but the pitching staff gave us a chance and there’s always a sense in the dugout that it could happen at any time.”
The Mets are no stranger to battling Denver weather. There was the 2022 postponement, another snowy postponement in 2021 and, famously, the Mets were in town when 10 inches got dumped on the area in 2013 — something that led to owner Dick Monfort helping shovel Coors Stadium himself.
Laura Albanese is the Mets beat writer for Newsday. She's been covering MLB since 2014 after starting at Newsday as an intern seven years earlier.
